2004 Austin Willis, actor, Cross-Canada Hit Parade, dies at 86
2003 Gisele MacKenzie, "singer, actress", Your Hit Parade, dies at 76
2002 Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83
1998 Mark McGwire breaks Roger Marris' 62 home run record for a season, and goes on to hit 70 home runs for the 1998 season
1997 Cleve Marquis Grissom hit in his 15th straight World Series game (streak ends at 15, he is 2nd to Hank Baur with 17)
1997 Yanks Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6)
1997 Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a HR out of Dodger Stadium
1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs
1997 Sammy Sosa (Cubs) and Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park HRs
1997 New York Mets C. Everett and Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1997 Kansas City Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
1997 48th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes
1997 San Francisco Giant J. T. Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch
1996 Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 HRs
1996 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases
1996 A's Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season
1996 Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake
1996 Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 HRS in 1 inning
1995 John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31
1995 Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 home runs for Rockies in 1995
1995 47th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)
1994 23rd and last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter, since July 16th
1994 Dorothy Collins, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67
1994 Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd)
1994 Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader
1994 Jeff Bagwell of Astros is 28th to hit 2 home runs in an inning
1994 Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054)
1994 Tornado and hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed
1994 Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times)
1994 Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening
1993 Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back home runs twice in same game
1993 Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. is 3rd to hit home runs in 8 straight games
1993 A's Rickey Henderson is 2nd to hit leadoff homers in doubleheader
1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yanks)
1992 Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car
1992 New York Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRS
1992 Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72
1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball
1991 Robin Yount is 37th to hit 2,000 singles
1991 Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR
1991 New York Mets M Sasser and Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1991 U.S., barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28
1991 Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
1991 Dale Long, hit home runs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66
1990 Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die
1990 Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile
1990 Tiger Cecil Fielder becomes 11th, to hit 50 home runs (& 51st)
1990 1st 8 New York Yankees hit safely vs Baltimore Orioles to tie record
1990 Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt
1990 Ken Griffey, Sr and Jr, hit back-to-back home runs in 1st inning
1990 Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively
1990 Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 home runs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
1990 Angel's Louis Palonia is 74th to hit an inside park grandslam
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats and becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome
1990 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games
1990 Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135
1990 An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56
1990 New York Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0
1990 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)
1990 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips
1989 George Brett gets his 2,500th hit
1989 Howard Johnson joins B Bonds and W Mays to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases
1989 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run home runs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 home runs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
1989 1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)
1989 Minnesota Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
1989 Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit HR on 1st at bat
1989 Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1989 Computers across Britain hit by "Friday the 13th" virus
1988 Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases and hit 40 HRs
1988 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams
1988 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th HR
1988 Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases
1988 Jose Canseco is 1st to hit 30 home runs in 1st 3 years
1988 Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)
1988 Woman sues Chuck Berry for $5,000,000 alleges he hit her
1988 45th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Mark Davis (Padres)/Mike Krukow
1987 Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is 1st 40 year old to hit 30 HRs
1987 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 home runs vs Baltimore Orioles
1987 Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season
1987 Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games
1987 Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in one season
1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
1987 A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break
1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
1987 Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit home runs in 2 consecutive games
1987 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games
1987 1st 3 San Diego Padres hit home runs off San Francisco starter Roger Mason
1986 Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a HR on 1st major league pitch he sees
1986 RUN-DMC is 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' Hell)
1986 Texas Rangers O McDowell and Porter are 7th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1986 Orioles, Dwyer and Sheets, and Rangers, Harrah, hit record 3 grand slams
1986 Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a game
1986 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
1986 "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the U.K. pop chart
1986 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
1986 "Rock Me Amadeus," by Falco hit #1 on U.K. pop chart
1986 New York Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
1985 Tigers Darrell Evans is 1st to hit 40 HR seasons in both leagues
1985 Expos Andre Dawson joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 home runs in an inn twice
1985 Pete Rose of Cin Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record
1985 Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65
1985 New York Yankee Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time
1985 Baltimore Orioles W Gross and L Sheets are 6th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1985 Oakland A's Dave Kingman becomes 21st to hit 400 HR
1985 A's Dave Kingman is 21st to hit 400 home runs (off Matt Young at Seattle)
1985 California Angel Rod Carew gets his 3,000th hit
1985 Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 HRS in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7)
1985 Pirates score 10 in top of 1st, but lose 15-11 to Phillies, as Steve becomes 1st Phillie to switch hit home runs in same game
1985 41 tornadoes hit Northeast U.S., killing 88
1985 Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 home runs in a game in both leagues
1984 New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s
1984 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs
1984 Percy Mayfield, U.S. singer (Hit the Road Jack), dies at 63
1984 Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR
1983 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season
1983 Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs
1983 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR
1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
1983 "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on U.K. pop chart
1982 George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
1982 Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place
1982 British ship Atlantic Conveyor and Coventry were hit in Falkland war
1982 Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs
1982 British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket
1982 "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart
1981 Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record
1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams)
1979 Los Angeles Dodger Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit
1979 Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL and NL (Astros)
1979 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit
1979 Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
1979 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors
1978 4th game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks out hit 'em 67-21; score 42-9
1978 Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
1978 Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 home runs and have 500 stolen bases
1978 Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples (vs Yanks)
1978 Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs
1978 Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year
1977 Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2
1977 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive home runs in Toronto
1977 Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one
1976 White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors
1976 St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock and Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
1976 CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
1975 Rennie Stennett is 2nd to hit 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game
1975 Los Angeles Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1975 Moon tremor perceived, hit by Taurid meteors
1975 Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee
1974 "Streak" by Ray Stevens hit #1 on U.K. pop chart
1974 Silver futures hit record $4.81 an ounce in London
1974 Barbra Striesand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"
1973 Willie Mays last hit, as Mets beat A's in World Series game 2 A's Mike Andrews makes 2 errors, prompting owner Finley to remove him
1973 Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record
1973 George Brett gets his 1st hit
1973 Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs
1973 Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000
1973 Kansas City Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit
1972 Lerrin LaGrow Campy, who had been hit by a pitch, is fined and suspended
1972 Rod Stewart's 1st #1 hit (You Wear it Well)
1972 Dick Allen is 7th to hit 2 inside-the-park homers in a game
1972 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112
1972 Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
1971 Ron Hunt is hit by a pitch for record 50th time in a season
1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam
1971 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on U.K. pop chart
1970 Tony Perez becomes 1st to hit a HR in red seats at Riverfront
1970 Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61
1970 Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
1970 Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR
1970 "In The Summertime" by Mungo Jerry hit #1 in UK
1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series
1969 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit HR # 600
1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium
1969 Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium
1969 Astros Denis Menke and Jim Wynn hit grandslams in 9th inn vs Mets
1969 "The Ballad Of John and Yoko" by The Beatles hit #1 in UK
1968 Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117
1968 Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey"
1967 Helen Flint, actress (Sea Devils), dies after being hit by a car at 69
1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe"
1966 Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a HR on his 1st at bat
1966 Baltimore Orioles Roznovsky and B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1966 Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game
1966 "Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys hit #1 in U.K.
1966 Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
1966 Willie Mays hit his 512th HR
1965 Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit 3 home runs in a game
1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" (their 1st #1 U.S. hit)
1965 Hank Aaron loses a HR, because he hit it out of batter's box
1964 India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed
1964 Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches
1964 Oriole Bob Johnson's 6th straight hit as a pinch hitter
1964 Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit, stays #1 for 7 weeks
1963 Card's Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,629th and 3,630th hit
1963 Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit for cycle
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers F Howard and B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1963 Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels)
1963 1st Beatle tune to hit U.S. charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87
1963 Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 home runs in 1911 world series) dies at 77
1963 Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit
1962 Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place
1962 U.N. announces Earth population has hit 3 billion
1962 Peter, Paul and Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer"
1962 Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning
1962 A record 54 home runs hit in baseball
1962 Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
1962 Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431
1962 Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin"
1961 Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400
1961 Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium
1961 Record 27 home runs hit in 7 AL games
1961 Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings
1960 George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit home runs with a runner on
1960 Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 HRs
1960 Ted Williams hit his 500th HR
1960 Record 4 grand slams hit today
1959 Japan hit by typhoon Vera; about 5,000 die
1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, and 3 errors
1959 Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit
1958 Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore with David Seville) hit #1
1958 San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1957 Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field
1957 Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher
1957 Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald
1957 Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway
1956 Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam
1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 home runs in a seaon
1956 Cin Reds (8) and Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 home runs in a 9 inning game
1956 Dale Long becomes 1st to hit home runs in 8 straight games
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel"
1955 New York Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1954 "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 4 performances
1954 "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 4 performances
1954 Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US
1954 Giants' Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record
1954 Ted Kluszewski is 1st Cincinnati Red to hit 40 home runs en route to 49
1954 Elvis Presley records his 1st hit, "That's All Right"
1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak and also ending St. Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
1953 New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple
1951 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run
1950 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium
1950 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
1950 "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV
1950 Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
1950 Yanks and Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9
1950 Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
1950 "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1
1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit
1949 Sheralee, born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, vocalist, Your Hit Parade
1949 A's Elmer Valo is 1st AL'er to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game
1948 Joe Cronin pinch hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader
1947 Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer
1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)
1947 Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time
1947 Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs
1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
1946 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR
1945 Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium
1945 Dodgers Tommy Brown, 17, is youngest player to hit a HR
1945 Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th HR (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx)
1944 British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs
1943 Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid
1943 Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"
1941 Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak
1941 Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400
1940 Sadaharu, Ohio, of Yomiuri Giants, Japan, hit 868 career HR
1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 and 10-0
1939 Batman comics hit street
1939 Ted Williams' 1st hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) a double
1938 Only time brothers hit back-to-back home runs (Lloyd and Paul Waner, Pitts)
1938 New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club"
1938 Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit
1937 Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit home runs in a game
1936 Life magazine hit newsstands
1936 Tony Lazzeri becomes 1st Yank to hit a World Series grand slam
1936 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each
1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 home runs in a game
1936 Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 home runs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4
1936 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
1935 Jill Corey, Avonmore, Pennsylvania, singer, Your Hit Parade
1935 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony and Al Cuccunello
1935 "You're Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)
1935 "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio
1935 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio
1934 Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats U.S. 1-0
1934 Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, and B Walters
1934 France hit by a general strike against fascists and royalists
1933 Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing 3-0
1933 Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player, Hit 4 home runs in a game
1933 Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan
1932 Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR
1932 Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th and 51st home runs to become 3rd to hit 50
1932 Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) and bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2
1932 Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13
1930 June Valli, born in Bronx, New York, singer, Your Hit Parade
1930 Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 home runs in a game
1929 Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve)
1929 In game between Pirates and Phillies 9 home runs hit 1 in each inning
1929 Cleveland Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat
1929 Russell Arms, born in Berkeley, California, vocalist, Your Hit Parade
1928 Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10
1928 Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th and final career hit
1927 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (New York Yankee Babe Ruth)
1927 Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit
1927 Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer and actress, Your Hit Parade
1926 Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer, Your Hit Parade
1926 Alan Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, orch leader/singer, Your Hit Parade
1926 Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard
1925 Pro football a hit in New York City; Grange and Bears beat Giants before 73,000
1925 White Sox manager Eddie Collins gets 3,000 hit
1925 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit
1925 "Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hit #1
1924 New York Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit home runs in 6 cons games
1923 Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2
1923 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
1923 10 home runs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals
1923 Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke
1922 Browns George Sisler's 41-game hit streak is stopped by New York's Joe Bush
1922 Catcher Butch Henline is 1st NLer to hit 3 home runs in a game since 1897
1922 1st Phillie to hit for cycle (Cy Williams)
1922 China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die
1921 Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games
1921 Indians (9) and Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles
1920 Johnny Desmond, born in Detroit, Michigan, singer, Your Hit Parade
1920 Browns 1st baseman George Sisler gets his record 257th hit of season
1920 Ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies
1920 Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality
1919 U.S. President Wilson hit by a heart attack
1919 Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg)
1918 Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die
1917 Elyse Knox, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Hit the Ice, Black Gold
1917 Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
1917 Bea Wain, U.S. singer/radio host, Lucky Strike Hit Parade
1916 Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR
1916 Codell, Kansas hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 and 1918)
1915 British battle cruisers Inflexible and Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle
1914 Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
1914 Snooky Lanson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee
1913 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman
1912 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
1912 Del Sharbutt, Cleburne, Texas, TV announcer, Your Hit Parade
1911 Josh Gibson, pro baseball player, "Negro Babe Ruth", hit 800+ HRs
1911 Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 and ends a 40 game hit streak
1911 Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day
1910 Dodgers and Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball and 1 hit by pitch
1910 Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 vs. SAfr), his only Test hit wicket
1909 Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 HRs, hall of famer for the New York Giants
1909 Barry Wood, New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist, Your Hit Parade
1908 Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Your Hit Parade
1906 Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game
1906 Harry Sosnik, born in Chicago, orch leader, Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade
1906 Gil Lamb, born in Minneapolis, actor, Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High
1905 Cyclone hit Tahiti and adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people
1904 Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader
1903 Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle
1902 Santa Maria Guatemala hit by Earthquake; about 6,000 die
1902 Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive home runs in same inning
1902 Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918
1901 Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League
1896 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 home runs in a game
1896 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (New York City)
1896 Tornado hit St. Louis, killing 255 and leaving thousands homeless
1894 Dutch coast hit by hurricane
1894 Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 home runs in 1 baseball game
1892 John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game
1891 Max Terhune, actor, Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice
1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose
1886 John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer, hit 2 HR in 1911 world series
1880 Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning
1876 1st to hit 2 HRs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)
1876 1st player to hit for cycle (George Hall, Philadelphia Athletics)
1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
1872 Wee Willie Keeler, outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles, hit .432 in 1897
1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
1842 Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die
1822 Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die
1780 Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ
1731 Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die
1703 Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
1635 1st recorded U.S. hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony
1593 Storm hits Texel: 40 ships hit, 500 killed
1570 Netherlands hit by flood disaster, 1,000s killed
1552 Dutch coast hit by heavy storm
1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
1551 Dutch west coast hit by hurricane
1539 St. Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning
1534 Zealand hit by heavy storm
1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
1520 Friesland hit by heavy hail storm
365 Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die
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